Rhamnocercoides is a genus of monopisthocotylean monogeneans, belonging to the family Diplectanidae.[1][2] All species of Rhamnocercoides are parasites of marine perciform fishes of the family Sciaenidae.

Rhamnocercoides
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Monogenea
Order: Dactylogyridea
Family: Diplectanidae
Genus: Rhamnocercoides
Luque & Iannacone, 1991
Species

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Etymology

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The generic name is based "in the morphological similarity with the genus Rhamnocercus".[1]

Species

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According to the World Register of Marine Species,[2] two species are included in the genus:

References

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  1. ^ a b c Luque, J.L. & Iannacone, J. (1991) Rhamnocercidae (Monogenea: Dactylogyroidea) in Sciaenidae fishes from Perú, with description of Rhamnocercoides menticirrhi n. gen., n. sp. and two new species of Rhamnocercus. Revista de Biología Tropical, 39, 193–201. PDF  
  2. ^ a b WoRMS (2018). Rhamnocercoides Luque & Iannacone, 1991. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517980 on 2018-12-26
  3. ^ Chero, Jhon D.; Cruces, Celso L.; Sáez, Gloria; Iannacone, José; Luque, José L. (2017). "Diplectanids (Monogenea) parasitic on sciaenid fish from Peru with the proposal of Pseudorhamnocercoides n. gen., the description of Rhamnocercus dominguesi n. sp. and the redescription of Rhamnocercoides menticirrhi Luque and Iannacone, 1991". Acta Parasitologica. 62 (3): 541–548. doi:10.1515/ap-2017-0065. ISSN 1896-1851. PMID 28682761. S2CID 2611260.